Chapter 45: Chapter 45: Traitors and Ambush
Somewhere in the hotel.
A girl with pale blonde hair, about sixteen or seventeen years old, walked into the room, stroked her ponytail with one hand, touched her flat chest, and then made a simple stamp with one hand.
Poof!
Her figure was engulfed in smoke and disappeared in moments.
The ponytail disappeared, the hair lengthened, the initially flat chest suddenly increased in size, and in the place of the young, energetic girl, a mature, adult woman appeared.
"Huh, we finally avoided them."
Tsunade straightened her hair and sighed.
Shizune, who was standing nearby, cast an odd glance at Tsunade's chest.
She knows that Tsunade often uses her youthful appearance to hide from usurers, and she can't understand how this flat-chested girl has "grown" to her current level.
Tsunade went to the table, sat down and addressed Shizune, "What are you looking at,please close the door soon?"
Shizune nodded,replied hurriedly, turned and closed the door to the room.
Tsunade poured herself a cup of tea, took a sip, thought of something and said, "What was that ninja?"
"This is my classmate, Hatake Yeruashi."
Shizune sat down at the table and answered.
Tsunade was a little surprised, "Was it Hatake Yeruashi? Hmm... he looks a lot like Sakumo Hatake."
During the Second Ninja World War, Sakumo was the commander of the Rain Country front, and the White Fang's name resounded throughout the ninja world, while the three of them belonged to the younger generation and the legendary Sannins did not exist yet.
Thinking about this, Tsunade could not help but sigh.
At that time, Sakumo had helped her several times and she could not have expected him to commit suicide due to a failed mission. After receiving this news, Tsunade immediately returned to Konoha and visited his grave.
Tsunade had heard something about Yeruashi, as about Sakumo's son, but of course, Kakashi left much more impression, after all, he graduated from the Academy in five years and in six advanced to Chuunin, upon learning this, she was surprised and thought that he White Fang Konoha seemed to have a worthy successor.
"Yeruashi is very strong ...."
In the eyes of Shizune, sitting in front of Tsunade, shone a trace of admiration, "During the second stage of the Chuunin examination, he beat all the other participants and even became a disciple of Lord Orochimaru."
Tsunade showed a look of surprise and thought, "My impression is that his talent seemed quite normal compared to Kakashi."
"He just doesn't like to draw too much attention to himself."
Shizune smiled, "heh-heh, from what I could see, Kakashi fought trying to catch up with Yeruashi, but he could never win."
Tsunade looked at Shizune and suddenly said, "Do you like it?"
" Ah ah!"
Shizune's behavior immediately became unnatural, and panic shone in her eyes, "Why, why did you suddenly ask this..."
"It was all written on your face."
Tsunade leaned her elbows on the table, crossed her fingers and said imperiously, "If you like him, pursue him bravely! Is he Orochimaru's student, you're my student too!"
"Ah, no, I'm not..."
"Hmm, what's wrong, are you still going to keep lying to me? But I'm a little curious as to what kind of capital this boy has, since he was able to become Orochimaru's disciple, and you're afraid to boldly follow him."
Tsunade stroked her chin and showed a thoughtful look, an image of Yeruashi appeared in her head, which she had glimpsed earlier.
...
Yeruashi did not know that due to this fleeting encounter, he had already attracted Tsunade's attention, and if he had, he would have laughed happily, because it would be easier to approach her in the future.
After a night of training, the group set out again.
After passing through several small villages, they arrived at the river that is the boundary between the Fire Country and the Grass Country.
"After crossing the river, we will enter the Grass Country."
Urabe Daisuke looked at the river in a relaxed manner, since they arrived here without incident, then the farther way should also be safe.
Yeruashi looked at the river in front of him, looked at the stone bridge nearby and said, "Our mission is not yet complete, let's go."
"Yes."
Daisuke nodded and followed Yeruashi.
The group arrived at the stone bridge, Yeruashi walking in front and Duy behind, nine people calmly crossed the bridge, there were no surprises.
However, after crossing the bridge, Yeruashi stared at the nearby bushes and calmly said, "You're not even planning to make a normal ambush?"
Yeruashi's words put Daisuke and the others on alert.
After Might Duy quickly recovered from the shock, he appeared beside Yeruashi.
"Why it's not necessary."
A soothing voice came from the direction of the bushes.
Immediately after.
Ten figures emerged from the bushes, all wearing Iwagakure headgear and clutching a variety of weapons, kunai, shurikens or swords.
"Iwagakure ninjas? How could they appear here...?"
Daisuke's expression abruptly changed as he gritted his teeth and glared at the group members, anger shining in his eyes.
Apparently, the Iwagakure ninja were expecting them here in advance. How could they ambush so successfully at the border?
There's a traitor in their group!
"Damn it, who is it!
Daisuke drew his sword and shouted angrily, almost every member of the group was enraged and looked at each other.
Yeruashi completely ignored the movement behind and said in a low voice, "There's no point in searching for a traitor, at this point, he definitely won't reveal his identity... and it seems you've withheld some information, this is definitely beyond the scope of a C-rank mission.... "
"..."
Daisuke looked at the ten Iwagakure ninja surrounding his group, and his expression became incomparably grim. On the other hand, they hired a large team of Iwagakure ninja to kill them, and on their side only two Konoha ninja and in addition an unknown traitor.
We can only hope that the other side's mission is not to kill, but to capture, then they will at least have a hope of survival.
Daisuke looked at the Iwagakure ninja and said, "What is your mission, are you going to kill us, we can pay double!"
"Our mission...to take him alive."
Jounin of Iwagakure, who seems to be the leader of this group, pointed his finger at the teenager and said disdainfully, "As for the rest of you, go to hell."
Only the ninja of the third-ranked villages change the mission objective in exchange for more rewards. As the ninja of Iwagakure, one of the five Great Ninja Villages, they certainly wouldn't sacrifice the reputation of the entire village for fleeting gains.
Whoosh! Whoosh!!!!
After Jounin's words, three ninjas from Iwagakure rushed towards Yeruashi and Duy, no additional words or anything of the sort, just cold expressions and a strong killing intent.
"..."
Daisuke's face paled noticeably.
Although the other side has no intention of killing the young master, if everyone dies here and the young master is captured, the situation will be impossible to change, the position of the Daimyo of Shimotsuki City will inevitably fall into that person's hands.
No one expected a traitor to be among the Daimyo's most trusted men, a fundamental mistake that sealed his fate.
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